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House suspends Joint Rule 12, refers two petitions to standing committees
Summary
During a session, the House accepted a Committee on Rules report, suspended Joint Rule 12 by voice vote and sent two petitions — one on credit card surcharges and one on penalties for blocking roadways — to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensures and the Committee on the Judiciary, respectively.
The House suspended Joint Rule 12 during its session after the Clerk read a report from the Committee on Rules and, by voice vote, referred two petitions to standing committees.
The suspension matters because Joint Rule 12 governs normal procedural limits on petition consideration; suspending it allowed the petitions to be acted on immediately and referred for committee review rather than following ordinary timing…
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